Window-screen adjuster



P. C.-PACHESA.

WINDOW SCREEN ADJUSTER. APPLICATION F|LED MAY-6.1921.

1 &1 "F, 104,, I Patented. May 23, 11.922.

* iif I ATTORNEY.

WINDOW-SCREEN ADJ amina.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 223, 1922.

Application filed May 6, 1921. Serial No. 461.2%.

To allcuhom it may concern Beiit known that 1, PETER CAROL PAoHnsA,

v, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Taylor Springs, county ofMontgomery, and

State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful improvements inWindow-Screen Adjusters, of which the following is a specification, v t

The principal object of this invention is to provide a spring operated,adjustablewindow screen. i

Another ob ect is 111 the provislon made 7 for the close contact-abilityof the screen with the Window frame and the mechanism employed inobtaining it.

These objects are attained by the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter described and shown in the accompanying drawings,forming a material part of this disclosure, and in which Figure 1 is afront elevational view, having one corner broken away to show theinterior arrangement of parts.

Figure 2 is an end elevational view of the same, and,

lhgure 3 1s a sect onal view taken on line 3-43 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a detail View of the operating parts on an enlarged scalewReferring to the drawings in detail, the numeral 10 designates a lowerwindow sash of ordinary design slid-ably secured within the window frameor casing 11.

A net 14 is made of loosely woven material having a rectangular mesh andadapted to be wound upon a roll. A bar or binding strip 15 is folded andsecured to the top of the net let and has extending lugs 16 attachedthereon, removably secured to the lower section of the window sash 10 bythe screws 17. p p

The window sill 18 is divided lengthwise, and the elements-separatedforming a narrow elongated aperturefor the operation of the net 14. A.roll 20, rotatably mounted withinsuitable bearings 21. and 22, hasfastened to it the net 14 in the space below the sill 18. i a

An outwardly extending pin 25 is fixed within the end of the roll 20 andpasses. through the side casing 22 and the bracket 26, which contains aspiral spring 27 having its outer end attached to the frame 26am]. itsinner end to the pin 25.

The bracket 26 is fastened to the jamb 12 sill 18 and is pivotallysecured within itby a pin 35. v

lin operation, a closed window connected to a screen or net, passingthrough a slotin the window sill, and rolled upon a roller having aspiral spring attached thereto, will by the act of opening the window,cause the screen to follow and wind up the spring, and which, by meansof the spring operated locking pawl and ratchet, also attached to theroll end and window casing, prevent the spring from unwinding and thenet from being re-rolled. p

Previous to closing the window, an upward pull on the locking pawl,releases the ratchet and the torsionalpull of the wound up spring willcause the roll to turn, rolling the screen upon it and allowing thewindow to follow the downward movement, 1

, Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Leta window frame, a sash operable therein,

the sill of said frame containing a narrow passage extending the widthof the window opening, of a roller rotatably mounted below said sill andextending from jamb to amb of said frame, a bracket secured on the outside of one of said jambs, a spindle lined in said roller extendingthrough said jamb and said bracket, a flat spiral spring fixed at oneend to said bracket and at the other to said pintle, a ratchet wheel onsaid spindle, a pawl engageable with said ratchet wheel, said pawl beingoperable from the exterior of the window frame, and a screen passingthrough said passage and engaged at its ends respectively with said sashand said roller.

in testimony whereof I have affixed my loa

